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Show TIIEl'dtlCi; OF dEOUGA. Tub State? of Geergia occupiesi a peculiar: pecu-liar: relation to her, Southern sisters peculiar pe-culiar In her moral, physical and geographical geo-graphical positions, iiPr jsthtcstnetLure regurjed usambug the leading: mcu of the country j.hcr material pow er and advance mcntare. the admiration of' tha world; her loeatjqn.Jn, tho midat of 'thetslavc-oMi,ugState8( 'thetslavc-oMi,ugState8( and nUtlie .groaicoasl auglcr betirccn the- ,fre StaUsf ond' aim ino.Uths.ortho,.MissisippVwith Ihe. icad-rife icad-rife Southern AUaiittooutfbl for the" produce pro-duce of :the interior, nil give significauce to her, opinions and powrr to her action., Sho ha how Hip fate of tlie American con,fcdcracy..in her Hands-, aud it is forhcr to say whether thk government can. be houorably nud rightfully mnhitained or not. Wehopehe has .the Intclligenco, slatctnianthlj) and moral power necessary for the work before her. What, tlieu, will Georgia do? This is the question re-echoed from the Penobscot to thellio Grande, and the Union bong with breatldOfJi anxiety fur the answer Wo itiiiy not be-iblo to, givo .it, but we wiU' tttjeas,t try, with tho liglrta tKjforeuu. And In Trtio outset Ict us noto'au Jmpor-tant Jmpor-tant distinction Gtdrjgia has no pledges to fulftU,-no threats to irxccute. na mere poiut-uf honor tu maintain. She Hands free and uutrammelltd to net according to her wvu best judgment, directed tohdy liy fier obligations tu trnth to .her brcth reft of the youth .uli'd of, tho Union, mid to herself. Titus 'unembarrassed, hw conto-efand eiamilfl hould command ai respect rut coiisitlcration. j We "have, before, us the proceedings of some oue hundred counties iu" Georgia, ih; some iitfi.nnccs wo meetings to the county, and .without referring to. the verb pus shades of difference with rrgard to dctuila, wo may speak- ,wit.h some degreo of coutideiiee of the agrcgute result. i Our first eonclusutn I that there h no, spirit of suhmissiou In Georgia tp the in-j ttiignratioii of bl ick republican priiiciplos ow this State na a member of tho confederacy con-federacy that uo mora compromises arc to be made with the outi slavtry scuti-i ment Of the North. He who thinks differently dif-ferently will ilnd that he has made a fa, tnl mistake. Divided as we may bo oil minor points, there is no ditislou ou thi.. Our second couclusien la, that Georgia, whatever ehe may do, wijl act from a; CaUfo. She believes that present caiues continuing when she thall come to make up her judginont, honor, duly, patriotism, all require that he shall sejiarute her peo-: pie from a government avowedly hostile i to them ami their, institutions. On the other hand, should tlie-to causes bo removed, re-moved, the same high consideration will impel her to uphold tho government when she can. da it with hocqr aud safety to herself. Our third conclusion Is, that should1 Georgia determine that her duty and io-i terest lead her to abandon, the Union, she' will du it with .firiuuets, dignity ami de. liberate regard for tho interests or hec people. She will not hurry out pauTc stricken mid in oonfiis'ion, like inhabitants from a burning city, leaving eterythiiig to perish in the ruin, but will have a cure' for the welfare of those who have, com mitted their all to her hands. Wisdom aud statesmanship will hp. combined with her valor, and. regarded as equally sacred. The Interests of her people, are now protected pro-tected by the combined instrumentality of two governments Statu and federal; neither nets in the place of the other, and either withdrawn, those interests will bo ubaiidoucd to wither and die. She wilt consent to ' remove tho protection of neither until she slmll have first organized a substitute to take its place. This she will he bound to do by the highest obligations obliga-tions that can subsist between u people and their government. Shu has not the heart to annihilate her commerce, to prostrate pros-trate all her industrial interests, destroy her prosperity uud impovUU her tons nud I daughters, without some powerful public! exigency, admitting of no postponement' or denial, to justify the sacnlice. To act differently would be a folly, it not acrimu, , and esjitciatly when political seimratton and u due regard for those interest aroj perlevlly compatible, when both aremau-: aged with due circurmpectiou and statesmanship, states-manship, Tuis is onr opinion of tho probable course of Georgia in the "pending crisis. , Wfl derive It from bverwheioii'fqj .xpres tion. of her- pub'lki'scnilment'i frbjtu the calm Intelligence' br her? pepplei from' her history .th'rcmgliottt theVpast, froirt rinspii nd from commoit r ,mi-JlUptiilican, |